Bush picks oil man as Saudi ambassador

Times of India ^ | NOVEMBER 18, 2003 | Reuters

[yonif]

We should not have relations with such a terrorist state.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

We should not have relations with such a terrorist state.

That's exactly what OBL and Hussein sought to accomplish when they hand-picked 15 Saudis to attack America on 9/11 (our bases in Saudi Arabia were a key reason for Bin Laden's fatwa). Only when that failed to divide us did AQ begin attacking the Kingdom.

Saudi Arabia is a problem, but it becomes a much bigger problem when you remove U.S. influence.

[yonif]

That's exactly what OBL and Hussein sought to accomplish when they hand-picked 15 Saudis to attack America on 9/11 (our bases in Saudi Arabia were a key reason for Bin Laden's fatwa). Only when that failed to divide us did AQ begin attacking the Kingdom.

To divide us? You call Saudis our friends?

Saudi Arabia is a problem, but it becomes a much bigger problem when you remove U.S. influence.

US influence? What influence do we have over Saudi Arabia? I don't see them stopping their harboring, funding and support of terrorists like Bin Laden.

[Consort]

Saudi Arabia is a problem, but it becomes a much bigger problem when you remove U.S. influence.

Amen.

[Consort]

US influence? What influence do we have over Saudi Arabia?

I think that without the US bases there, Al Qaeda would own Saudi Arabia — its oil fields (to fund much more massive terrorism against Israel, the US, Kuwait, et,), to manipulate oil prices/OPEC, to control Mecca (to increase the influence of the "religion of peace" over the masses), etc, etc.

[Willie Green]

Sounds like Dubya found the perfect representative to inform the Saudis that we're developing hydrogen fuel cells so we'll no longer need their steenkin' OPEC oil.

[deport]

We should not have relations with such a terrorist state.

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Why

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

To divide us? You call Saudis our friends?

I call them squeamish allies with a very tricky Islamist problem. They're not friends, like Italy, Poland or the U.K. Nor are they enemies, like North Korea or Iran.

If we stop our efforts to move them towards the former, we'll push them towards the latter. It's taken me some time to come around to this line of thinking, but the more I realized how badly OBL wanted to damage U.S./Saudi relations, the more I saw the wisdom in trying to strengthen them.

[Cicero]

Bush picks an oilman. Gee, how terrible. On the other hand, who else would you pick if you want an experienced businessman who knows Saudi Arabia? A tree surgeon?

[marron]

who else would you pick if you want an experienced businessman who knows Saudi Arabia

Exactly. The average oilman is heads and shoulders more experienced in practical foreign policy than you average State Department weanie. They made their bones getting things done, and they are used to dealing with tinhorns who want to shake them down.

[FreeReign]

That's exactly what OBL and Hussein sought to accomplish when they hand-picked 15 Saudis to attack America on 9/11 (our bases in Saudi Arabia were a key reason for Bin Laden's fatwa). Only when that failed to divide us did AQ begin attacking the Kingdom.

15 out of 19 were Saudis, therefore King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdallah support terrorism. That's what has been implied for over two years now, the roots of which can be traced back to the liberal media.

You're not easily swayed by catch phrases and sourceless Democrat leaks are you?

[FreeReign]

Like clockwork;

[Reuters]: US-Saudi relations soured over the summer after a congressional report suggested a link between individuals in the Saudi government and some of the hijackers who took part in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis.

[yonif]

I have no problem with this ambassador being an oilman at all. My problem is relations with Saudi Arabia. We should not relations with Saudi Arabia, as we do not have relations with other terror states like North Korea, Libya, Iran or Cuba.

[yonif]

I think that without the US bases there, Al Qaeda would own Saudi Arabia — its oil fields (to fund much more massive terrorism against Israel, the US, Kuwait, et,), to manipulate oil prices/OPEC, to control Mecca (to increase the influence of the "religion of peace" over the masses), etc, etc.

The kind of militant Islam Al QUeda is talking about is already allowed in Saudi Arabia with its wahabbi sect schools all over the country.

[yonif]

Why

Because doing so legitimizes their terrorist government, recognizes it. It is not legitimite and it is more of a mafia. Should we have relations with the North Koreans? Do you want an embassy of theirs in Washington DC?

[yonif]

Nor are they enemies, like North Korea or Iran.

They fund terrorists who murder Americans, more so then North Korea.

It's taken me some time to come around to this line of thinking, but the more I realized how badly OBL wanted to damage U.S./Saudi relations, the more I saw the wisdom in trying to strengthen them.

Al Queda hates the Saudi goverment. It wants to overthrow it. That is why Saudi Arabia fears it, not because Osama murdered 3000 people on 9/11

[MinuteGal]

What kind of a name is Oberwetter?

I'm gonna make sure I have no obers in my house when he stays overnight.

Leni

[Darlin']

Exactly ! Reuters never misses a chance to question the President's motives or to imply his intentins are less than honorable. He drives them crazy. LOL